Seaweed piling up on a beach might look harmless, but as it begins to rot, it can release gases that are toxic to people.

More than 2,000 years ago, the Greek mathematician Euclid began his treatise "Optics" with an assumption that now sounds ...

For decades, body image researchers have focused almost exclusively on how we compare ourselves to others and the toll it ...

A small capsule could change how we study the microbiome of the small intestine. A team led by researchers at the University ...

Lymphatic vessels act as the body's "drainage system," collecting excess fluid from tissues. When lymphatic drainage is ...

Every day, hundreds of thousands of people undergo general anesthesia, trusting they'll drift into unconsciousness and wake ...

The spread of cancer from a primary tumor to another place in the body, called metastasis, remains one of the greatest ...

Electric bike and electric scooter injuries among children and teens increased nearly fourfold at one California hospital ...

Both the clinical effects and the unpleasant side effects of chemotherapies, from hair loss to mouth sores to gastrointestinal discomfort, stem from their indiscriminate destruction of cells prone to ...

Most public health institutions failed to respond promptly to misinformation on social media that falsely claimed ...

Domestic violence can leave a lasting injury that cannot always be seen: damage to the brain. Strangulation or choking and ...

Physicians used osteopathic manipulative treatment to effectively improve the head shape of babies who developed a flattened ...